In the Song Dynasty, the word "Gui Qu Lai Xi" was rediscovered and recognized. Ouyang Xiu said, "Jin has no article, and Tao Yuanming returns to music." Song Yu said: "Return to Lai Ci by Tao Gong is the swan song of the North and South articles." He evaluated the important position of this word in the history of literature. Li said to him, "Go back and forth."
Reading "Gui Xi Ci" can't give people a relaxed feeling, because there is a sadness and helplessness behind the poet's seemingly carefree. Tao Yuanming is not a pure hermit who only likes to travel around and doesn't care about current affairs. Although he said that "nature loves hills", he wanted to benefit the society in his bones. When talking about Tao Yuanming, Mr. Lu Xun said: "Poetry is nothing more than' leisurely seeing Nanshan' that critics admire. Xingtian's style of "King Kong is furious and rushing to the crown" proves that he is not outside the clouds all day and all night. " (Untitled Grass) Through the angry words of "Please leave me for a farewell trip" and "The world is against me", we feel heavy.
Is the setting of "Gui Xi Ci" real or fictional? Mr. Qian Zhongshu said: "The preface was written in November, still in the middle of winter;" If it is a retrospective direct record, did you search for' wood is thriving' and' when everything is fine'? Is there any personnel such as' the farmer told Yu Yichun that he would have something to do with Xichou' or' helping with a stick'? It goes without saying that it is an imagination that has not returned to the past. " (See Qian Zhongshu's The Band 1225 ~ 1226, Zhonghua Book Company, 1979) In this way, the first writing feature of this article is imagination. What the author writes is not the scene in front of him, but the imaginary scene, the scene in his heart ... The scene in front of him is what the eyes can see, and there are words in front of him, which is consistent with the scene and focuses on taking pictures; The scenery in your heart is the scene of creation. Do whatever you like. A person follows his feelings, and the scenery in his heart may not have his own scenery. If a person has his own scenery, it is not necessarily true, but a lyrical expression.
The language of this article is exquisite. The poem is mainly composed of six sentences, with three, four, seven and eight characters in the middle, which is catchy and melodious. The words "zhi", "yi" and "er" in the sentence are lined up, which is soothing and elegant. Sometimes with overlapping words, there is a strong sense of music. For example, "the boat is far and light, and the wind blows clothes".
The last point of China people's life is that although Tao Yuanming retired to the countryside, no matter whether he did so positively or negatively, he was different from the working people after all. Whether writing "returning to the garden to live" or writing "Hui Ci" is actually a phenomenon of that era, and he is not the only one who retired to the countryside. However, his retirement has created a writer and formed a literary style in China.